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Be alert to recession amid growth headwinds: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... structural rebalancing away from the mining sector, there are still a couple of years to run. Mining investment peaked a bit above 7% of GDP in 2012 and at the end of the third quarter in 2015 it had fallen back to around 5%. "To put this in context ...

ASIC spots PI insurance gaps

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... identified five key faults in the PI insurance sector. The first was defence costs, which ASIC requires to be "covered over and above the minimum limit of indemnity." "Of the 591 small advice licensees for whom we received detailed information from the ...

AFA recommends SG monthly threshold removal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... education program to address super-related financial literacy for "women in specific segments of greatest need." "Whilst the above changes will initially cost the Government a significant amount of money, the long-term outcomes will benefit not only ...

Latest Power50 list unveiled

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... the lists were then run through Klout and other reputation measurement engines, focusing on those with a rating of 45 and above. Making the list this year were well-known industry commentators such as Montgomery Investment Management chief investment ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... supply/demand imbalance. If the IEA's prediction is correct - that of near supply/demand balance next year as shown in the chart above - the equilibrium price of Brent oil would remain at around US$40 a barrel (US$40/barrel now times 0% appreciation ...

Super fund appetite for property funding up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... return on investment," Schwartz said. These market conditions have allowed capital providers such as Qualitas to deliver above-market returns. "Access is key: we are providing capital that our clients can't source from the banks, while the market we ...

Individual risk income premiums top $2.4bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... the 12 months to September 2015. Of the larger companies, MLC (17.2%), CommInsure (14%) and MetLife (11.5%) recorded well above-average percentage increases in their annual group risk inflows, largely due to pricing increases. Outside large companies ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... statement could easily apply had the ASX 200 index dropped by 1.9% by simply changing the word "despite" in the sentence above to "due to". 'tis must really be the season to be jolly - fa lalala -- or simply, the usual garden variety bargain hunting. ...

Retail super members gouged by $7.1bn: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... Australia (ISA) estimates that in the past decade bank-owned super fund members have been gouged by about $7.1 billion for above market fees to in-house suppliers. The estimate was released hours before the Senate will hold its final debate on the superannuation ...

CIPRs not the entire answer for retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... as they can afford to start drawing down on their money." Johnson said QSuper has about 10,000 members who are age 65 and above sitting inactive and sitting in accumulation. "If I look at the bigger balances about 17% of them are just sitting there. ...